Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

YEAR 3 PROJECT - Through the Ages

In the Through the Ages project, your child will learn about three different periods of British prehistory: the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. They will discover terminology relating to time and sequence dates to make a timeline. They explore the changes to people, homes and lifestyle throughout the different periods and investigate examples of prehistoric settlements, monuments, burials and artefacts in detail. They will also study how technology improved over time, including how the discovery of different metals changed the way that people lived.

Memorable Experience: 'Prehistoric visit'

Geography: Human features; Stone Age monuments

History: Historical vocabulary; Prehistory; Stone Age; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Chronology and timelines; Everyday life; Tools and weapons; Settlements; Stonework and metalwork; Religion and beliefs; Wealth and power; Invention and ingenuity; Evidence and enquiry

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Skeletal and Muscular Systems

Art and Design: Prehistoric Pots

Design and Technology: Cook Well, Eat Well

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones RE projects 

 

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2024-2025  document found below.

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (Dance) and Wednesday (Netball)

Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.

 

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English

W/c 17th November 2025

This week we will begin work on our 'How to wash a woolly mammoth' unit.  We will:

• Wash class teddies to identify the key steps
• Discuss the features/shapes of a set of instructions 
• Use synonyms and adjectives in our introductions
• Ask 'hook' questions; and
• Use 'bossy' language to write commands.

 

We will also be working on our handwriting.  We will focus on b, n, h, m and k

 

Spellings

Spellings will be given on Wednesday 12th November and dictation is on Tuesday 18th November

This weeks' phoneme is 'o'

 

Acorns

pot

shot

from

block

forgot

cross

fossil

spotty

wrong

want

was

wash

watch

wasp

 

Conkers

shot

block

forgot

cross

blond

connect

fossil

spotty

wrong

want

was

watch

wander

quality

quantity

 

Pine Cones

forgot

conceal

across

soggy

sodden

sloth

strong

connect

fossil

peacock

spotty

wrong

watch

wallet

wander

squat

squash

quality

quarrel

quantity

 

 

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu 

 

 

 

Maths

 

W/c 17th November 2025

This week we will complete our Term 2 assessment before starting our new unit 'multiplication and division'.  In this we will:

• make equal groups
• create arrays
• revisit the 2 times table; and
• revisit the 5 and 10 times tables, looking at links between the two.

 

Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. Their focus should currently be on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

 

Below are links to Infinity quizzes to help further embed in class learning.

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

 

Additional Information

Children need their reading book and reading record in school every day. 

 

Our class assembly is on Friday 28th November at 2.45pm.

 

Every child should have a coat each day - we believe that getting outside (no matter the weather) is important.  

PE kits should include a spare set of socks and a PE jumper/hoodie.

 

Show and Tell

Show and Tells are welcome anytime but these should be recent personal achievements or linked to our 'in class' learning.

 

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We encourage the children to:

• Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
• Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or White Rose Infinity.
• Access their spellings on Spelling Shed